Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

Though it was discovered in 2016, this rare bird wasn’t considered recognized as a new species until 2018. Named after its habitat located in the Vogelkop Peninsula in New Guinea, this colorful bird is actually somewhat well-known already, due to the appearance of a male Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise’s mating ritual on David Attenborough’s Planet Earth series. More than any other distinguishing feature that the bird possesses, it’s the electric blue feathers resembling a smile and a pair of blue eyes that truly makes the Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise stand apart in the animal kingdom.